The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 855

Chapter 855: 391 Origin of Life (Third Update)

The Crown Prince was perplexed.

"How slow can you be at writing? At this rate, the time it takes to burn a stick of incense will be gone!"

And this attitude, it’s too perfunctory!

"Can you stop with just two words all the time?" the Crown Prince said, holding back his anger.

Gu Jiao thought for a moment and wrote, "Yes, indeed."

Three words.

Again, the Crown Prince: "..."

The Crown Prince reminded himself that it was Linlang who had sent him, and he had promised Linlang not to lose his temper with the other party, but to converse amicably.

Speaking of which, it was quite frustrating, the august Crown Prince having to speak subserviently to a nobody from the Jianghu!

Forget it, in order to get Linlang to visit Old Master Meng in Yan Country, he would swallow this indignity!

The Crown Prince steadied himself and looked toward the screen, saying, "Back to the matter at hand, this young master called you here because..."

Smack!

Before he could finish his words, Gu Jiao closed her little notebook and stood up, pointing towards the incense she had lit upon entering.

Time was up.

The Crown Prince: "...!!"

The Crown Prince clenched his teeth: "This young master will pay more!"

Gu Jiao, without turning her head, waved her hand dismissively and threw out a note—next appointment.

The Crown Prince was so angry he could spit blood—

Was Gu Jiao deliberately trying to embarrass the Crown Prince?

Of course, she was.

She hadn’t forgotten the disdainful look the Crown Prince had given Xiao Liulang the last time they had eaten at Zhou’s place, bullying her husband, huh?

Gu Jiao went to find Old He and wrote in her notebook: "Next time this Mr. Xiao comes, the starting bid is one hundred taels, add your ten taels, one hundred and ten taels total."

Old He was flabbergasted, thinking, do you see yourself as the courtesan of Xianle Inn? Naming such an exorbitant price!

"Why?" he asked.

Gu Jiao curled the corner of her lip and wrote: "Family price."

Old He: "..."

It was still early, and the Hanlin Academy had not yet been dismissed. Gu Jiao went back to Bishui Alley to change her clothes.

She was just about to leave to pick up Xiao Liulang when Eunuch Qin arrived.

Eunuch Qin had come to see Gu Jiao. He smiled and said, "The Empress Dowager just returned from Jinluan Hall and learned that Miss Gu waited in Renshou Palace for a whole morning. Why didn’t you send someone to report to the Empress Dowager?"

Gu Jiao replied, "It’s alright, grandaunt is busy. It’s the same if I visit her another time."

Not arrogant despite favoritism, always knowing her place—this was something that Eunuch Qin found remarkable, something even Noble Consort Zhuang and the few young masters of the Zhuang family had difficulty achieving.

Eunuch Qin handed the two food boxes he was carrying to Gu Jiao: "This box contains chilled fruits, and this one contains pastries from the Imperial Kitchen. The Empress Dowager asked me to deliver them to Miss Gu."

"Thanks to Eunuch Qin," Gu Jiao said as she took the food boxes, "Please come in and have a cup of tea before you go."

With the weather being strangely hot, Eunuch Qin was indeed thirsty.